Bicycle-saddle



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JpzA@ HUNT. BICYCLE SADDLE.

No. 576,968. Patented Pbyg, 18.97.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JONATHAN A. HUNT, OF W'ESTBOROUGH, MASSACHUSETTS.

BICYCLE-SADDLE.

SPECIFICATION forming' part 0f Letters Patent NO. 576,968, datedFebruary 9, 1897'. Application filed September 30, 1895. Serial No.564,097. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern/.-

Beit known that I, J oNATHAN A. HUNT, a citizen of the United States,residing at Westborough, in the county of IVorcester and State ofMassachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inBicycle-Saddles, of which the following is a specication.

My invention relates to saddles for bicycles, &c., and more particularlyto the manner of clamping the spring which supports the seat to the seatand also to the saddle post or support; and the object of my inventionis to improve upon the manner of clamping the spring to the seat and tothe saddle post or support now ordinarily employed and to provide animproved clamping attachment of A very simple construction and operationand very light in weight and which may be used in connection with asaddle-seat and saddle post or support of any Ordin ary construction. Myinvention consists in certain novel features of construction of mysaddle-springclamp attachment, as will be hereinafterfully described,and the nature thereof indicated by the claim.

Referring to the drawings, Figure lis a side elevation of a spring and asaddle-post provided with my improved clamp attachments. The saddle-seatand spring-holders thereon are shown in section. Fig. 2 is across-section through the spring on line 2 2, Fig. l, looking in thedirection of arrow ct, same figure. Fig. 3 is a section on line 3 3,Fig. 2,

.looking in the direction of arrow Z9, same figure. Fig. 4 isa sectionon line 4 4, Fig. 1, looking in the direction of arrow c, same iigure.(The seat is not shown.) Fig. 5 is a crossfsection on line 7 7, Fig. l,looking in the direction of arrow d, same figure. (The seat is notshown.)

In the accompanying drawings, l is a saddle-seat of any ordinary shapeand con struction and preferably made of leather and provided with themetal rib or support 2 at its rear end and the cantle or spring-holder3, attached to said support 2 or made integral therewith, and thespring-holder 4 at the front end of the seat and attachedthereto.

The saddle-spring 5 consists of a single bar, preferably of triangularshape in crossfsection and bent or curved at about its middle point,where it is attached to the upright tubular post 6.

The tubular post 6 is provided with an upper end 6', preferably madeseparate from the Vtubular part and brazed or secured thereto. The end6' has an opening 7 extending horizontally through said end. The opening7 is adapted to receive two movable jaws or clamps 8 and 9, which extendlengthwise in said opening and are provided with lips or'triangular-shaped bar or spring 5, whichl passes through the opening 7between the jaws 8 and 9.

A screw or bolt l0 turns in a threaded hole tapped in one side of theend 6 and bears at its inner end against the outer side of one of thejaws, as 9. When said bolt l0 is turned in, it acts to force said jaw 9against the top of the opening 7 and against the bar or spring 5 andsaid bar or spring against the other jaw 8, which in turn is forcedagainst the side of the opening 7. In this way the triangular orthree-sided bar or spring 5 is rigidly clamped on all sides between thejaws 8 .and 9 and the upper part of the head 6'. A

The advantages of my improved clamping attachment for saddle springs orsupports will be readily appreciated by those skilled in the art.

It will be understood that the details of con struction of my clampattachment may bel Varied, if desired.

-Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

The combination with an upright post, having a horizontal openingtherein at its upper end, through which the saddle-spring, ofnoncircular shape in cross-section, extends, of two movable jaws orclamps extending through said opening, and made beveled or cut out toreceive said spring, and with lips or flanges at their outer ends whichextend over the edges of said opening, and a screw or bolt turning in athreaded hole in one side of the post, and adapted to bear at its innerend against one of the jaws, to clamp the saddlespring between said jawsand the top of the post, substantially as set forth.

J. A. HUNT. Witnesses:

M. J. GALvrN, J. O. DEWEY.

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